Example sentences of "not the [adj] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Incidents of this kind were not the only contribution to tension over this period .
2 Bad industrial relations was not the only barrier to success that needed to be dealt with .
3 Is that not the best discouragement to crime and an encouragement to those elderly people who fear being attacked on the streets ?
4 An armchair by the fire in winter may be the ideal spot for reading a novel : however , it 's not the best place to structure or write an essay on " Newtonian thermodynamics ' or " Political and philosophical influences on the novels of Jane Austen " .
5 Right , at the last Committee , it was suggested that the figures be presented to Committee on a town by town basis , I E not the wider travel to work areas , the reason being that the travel to work areas are , are quite large and sometimes mask differences in rates of unemployment between different settlements .
6 Hanging baskets are not the easiest things to water .
7 ‘ It 's not the worst place to work , by any means , ’ said the woman .
8 The Bill is not the whole answer to car crime , nor does it pretend to be , but it is an important , new and urgently needed part of the legislative answer .
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